Chapter Summaries

The Foul Evil Monarch awakened in the Great Hall and prepared to break his seal by sacrificing Xiao Yan, Yun Yun, and the Tian Dao Samsara Flame. As the Tian Dao Samsara Flame confronted him, the Monarch launched a star-curtain attack aimed at it.

• Tang Feng used the half-fragmented map and an illusory object to shield himself from the evil and Holy Flame powers.
• Demon Xiao Yan attacked the blood-red gauze around the Six Paths Samsara Immortal, but his strike shattered before reaching the throne, and the Foul Evil Monarch awakened.
• The Tian Dao Samsara Flame told Xiao Yan and Yun Yun that the Foul Evil Monarch had once reached the Sixth-fold Reincarnation Stage and had been sealed after a difficult battle.
• Yun Yun asked whether anything remained of the Six Paths Samsara Immortal, and Xiao Yan brought out the half-fragmented map.
• The Foul Evil Monarch declared that he would sacrifice the group to break his seal, then focused on the Tian Dao Samsara Flame and sent a twisting star curtain crashing toward it.

Xiao Yan convened the Ghost, Heaven, and Monster Realms and the Fire Spirit Tribe to establish the Endless Flame Alliance, appointing himself its leader and setting rules for its Elder Council. The factions agreed to unite against the Outer Realm Evil Clan, and Xiao Yan asked them to disclose their forces so the alliance could plan its next moves.

• Xiao Yan welcomed the assembled leaders to the Endless Altar, where the factions’ powerful experts gathered.
• The Soul Devouring Master and the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox gave Xiao Yan top-tier immortal techniques, while the Heaven Realm and Fire Spirit Tribe had brought no comparable gifts.
• Feng Wan'er called the delegates to discuss forming an alliance, and Xiao Yan proposed a four-party protection pact against the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• Cai Lin announced the Endless Flame Alliance’s leadership and Elder Council rules, and the assembled powerhouses agreed to establish it with Xiao Yan as Alliance Leader.
• Xiao Yan asked each faction to reveal its strength and resources so the alliance could assess its combat power and plan future actions.

Xiao Yan and his companions entered the Desert Zone after Mu Yingying destroyed the sinister face that had knocked them unconscious. Long Yi warned that a powerful Outer Realm Evil Clan expert was inside, but Xiao Yan decided to press on, trusting their flames and the Soul Devouring Talisman to suppress it.

• Mu Yingying explained that the sinister face on the white rock carried a trace of Evil Qi, then burned it away with her azure Holy Flame.
• Xiao Yi and the others regained consciousness, and Xiao Yan concealed the presence of the Outer Realm Evil Clan to keep them calm.
• Xiao Yan led the group past the fallen Stone Giants and into the Desert Zone, where Lu Di said its restriction seemed to bar anyone above Seven Star Dou Di.
• Xiao Yi explained that his Fire Spirit nature and Xiao Yan's flame power had kept the restriction from expelling him despite his Eight-star Dou Di strength.
• Long Yi warned Xiao Yan that an Outer Realm Evil Clan expert at least as strong as himself was nearby, but said Heavenly Flames, Mu Yingying's Holy Flame, and the Soul Devouring Talisman could suppress it.
• Xiao Yan declared that he would venture deeper into the Desert Zone despite the danger.

Xiao Yan and Wu Huan unleashed their strongest attacks against each other in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Their clashing energies swelled and mutated before exploding into a devastating storm, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Xiao Yan used Flame Splitting Wave Ruler to scatter Wu Huan’s sword beam, revealing that he had reached peak Three-star Dou Di.
• Wu Huan launched his strongest technique, Caged Bird, at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan answered with the first layer of the Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler, and their hundred-zhang attacks collided in the sky.
• The clash drained Xiao Yan and Wu Huan, who both watched their energies struggle to devour each other.
• The two energy masses swelled, developed a bright point of light, and exploded into a terrifying storm.

Cai Lin rescued the Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python from the Medusa Temple and spared Tang Tang’s team after learning they knew Xiao Yan. Sensing Xiao Yan was in danger, Cai Lin opened a spatial rift to reach him, while King Xuan Ling left with the unconscious Xuan Ming and prepared to deal with the Medusa Clan.

• Cai Lin kicked Xuan Ming unconscious and broke into the sealed Medusa Temple, forcing King Xuan Ling and Ye Mo to retreat with him.
• The Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python confronted Tang Tang and her team, but recognized Xiao Yan’s scent on a pill and asked Tang Tang about him.
• Tang Tang explained that she had teamed up with Xiao Yan and that he had supplied the pills, so Cai Lin let Tang Tang and her companions leave.
• Cai Lin sensed Xiao Yan was in danger, opened a spatial rift, and entered it with the Ten-Colored Sky Swallowing Python.
• King Xuan Ling confirmed that Xuan Ming was not mortally injured, then carried him away and said the Medusa Clan’s new Dou Xian expert would change Xuan Tian San’s balance.

The sect competition survivors returned to Blood River Town with news that the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s disciples had been wiped out and its collusion with the Outer Realm Evil Clan exposed. As Xiao Yan awoke inside the Blood River Realm, the Xuan Ling Imperial Family prepared to arrest him and the Burning Incense Pavilion’s disciples when they emerged.

• The Ancient Desolation Hall, Ten Thousand Sword Gate, and other factions’ survivors left the Teleportation Array after suffering heavy losses, while their leaders withheld details until they returned to their sects.
• Burning Incense Pavilion leaders learned that Xiao Yan had killed the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s disciples, found Yin Fu Tong, and uncovered the family’s collusion with the Outer Realm Evil Clan, while Yan Chi had been controlled again.
• Zhu Jin said Fen Tian would protect Xiao Yan and ordered the pavilion’s disciples brought back as soon as they emerged from the Blood River Realm.
• Qin Tian learned that the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s disciples had been wiped out and used a witness’s claim that Xiao Yan killed Xuan Mu as grounds to order arrests.
• Qin Tian, Ye Mo, and the Dragon Devouring Legion prepared to seize the Burning Incense Pavilion’s people, while Xiao Yan regained consciousness inside the Blood River Realm.

Xiao Yan deliberately fed Life Power into the tribulation cloud to raise it to the ninth grade, then entered it and used the Golden Demon Puppet to absorb the lightning and Death Power. The puppet stabilized after Xiao Yan added Holy Flame and high-grade materials, and he sent it toward the cloud’s densest lightning.

• Leng Fuyao and the others recognized that Xiao Yan’s growing tribulation cloud was unusually powerful.
• Xiao Yan absorbed Life Power from the Life and Death Two Forms Spring and channeled it into the cloud, raising it from the seventh grade to the ninth.
• Yue Ru and the others agreed to intervene if Xiao Yan’s attempt became too dangerous.
• Xiao Yan leaped into the ninth-grade tribulation cloud and endured its lightning strikes.
• Xiao Yan poured Death Power into the Golden Demon Puppet, then stabilized it with Holy Flame and high-grade materials.
• Xiao Yan controlled the Golden Demon Puppet to enter the cloud’s densest lightning and absorb the tribulation.

Xiao Yan and the Soul Devouring Master subdued Yin Protector, and Xiao Yan tried to probe him for information about the Soul Clan. A hidden soul attack was thwarted, but Yin Protector’s Soul Body then exploded inside the Sacred Flame Space.

• The Soul Devouring Master appeared within Xiao Yan and bound Yin Protector after Xiao Yan asked him not to kill the captive.
• Xiao Yan restrained Yin Protector with Holy Flame and questioned him about the Soul Clan and its connection to the Dou Qi Continent.
• Yin Protector threatened Xiao Yan with the Soul Clan Hall Master and revealed that the Dou Qi Continent supplied the Soul Clan with talent and Faith Power.
• Xiao Yan used his Immortal Realm Soul Power to probe Yin Protector’s memories, but a concealed soul attack struck back.
• The Soul Devouring Master annihilated the hidden attack, then Yin Protector’s Soul Body swelled and exploded inside the Sacred Flame Space.

Xiao Yan used his Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python bloodline to make the Phantom Gold Demonic Python lead him into the lake in search of the Moon Crescent Jade Fruit. He followed it through icy water into a magma realm at the lakebed, where the search continued.

• Yue Ru suspected that the real Moon Crescent Jade Fruit remained in the lake, and the Golden Dragon King told Xiao Yan to throw his blood at the Phantom Gold Demonic Python.
• The Phantom Gold Demonic Python sensed Xiao Yan's bloodline and submitted, then led him toward the bottom of the lake while Yue Ru waited above.
• Xiao Yan followed the snake through the freezing water, using his Heavenly Flames for protection as the depth and pressure strained him.
• At a depth of three thousand three hundred meters, the Phantom Gold Demonic Python shed its black scales for golden ones and entered a fiery magma realm.
• Xiao Yan followed the snake through the magma, relying on its familiarity with the terrain to avoid the undercurrents.

Xiao Yan discovered that the Qi Family Brothers’ strength-boosting Xuan Seal was a five-grade blood curse tied to the Outer Realm Evil Clan, but the curse overtook them before he could intervene. King Xuan Ling revealed that the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s ties to Soul Clan and Solomon concealed a deeper alliance, and he bore seven blood curses himself.

• Xiao Yan sensed the evil aura and blood curse in the Qi Family Brothers after their Xuan Seal increased their strength.
• Qi Haoran explained that King Xuan Ling had ordered them to bring back Xiao Yan’s corpse, while Xiao Yan warned that their power came from the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• The brothers’ blood curse spread through their bodies and overwhelmed their consciousness as Xiao Yan prepared to attack.
• Xiao Yan’s Blood Demon Golden Qi surged in response to the curse, forcing him to suppress it with Holy Flame Power while the brothers transformed into killing machines.
• King Xuan Ling disclosed that the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s cooperation with Soul Clan and Solomon concealed another faction, and seven blood curses were visible on his body.

The Kuángmù Immortal Master exhausted his soul power to trap and weaken the Blood Demon Left Guard, while Yan unleashed his Holy Flame source power and began a rock-based attack. The Blood Demon Left Guard recognized Yan’s move as the one that had suppressed him before, but the fight’s outcome remained unresolved.

• The Blood Demon Left Guard fled through the Kuángmù Immortal Master's Wood Realm, then attacked him with pillars of bloody energy and a sudden close-range strike.
• The Kuángmù Immortal Master countered with Wooden Hand and Spirit Cloud Strike, burning through his soul power to overwhelm the Blood Demon Left Guard.
• Xiao Yan told Shan Yao and the others not to use Dou Qi or soul power, while he withdrew his Heavenly Flames.
• As the Kuángmù Immortal Master weakened, Yan used Rock Shattering Heavenly Burial and revealed his earth-yellow Holy Flame source power.
• Yan launched Rock Burial Blood Demon, drawing nearby rocks toward the Holy Flame as the Blood Demon Left Guard recognized the attack that had suppressed him before.

Xiao Yan, Shan Ling, and Shan Yao reached the highest level of the Desert Mountain Range and found an arena containing a mysterious giant hand, a wooden throne, and a powerful creature hidden in a six-mouthed cauldron. Although Shan Ling urged them to retreat, Xiao Yan insisted on pursuing the Holy Flame and honoring his promise to help her.

• Xiao Yan recognized the arena’s Heaven's Giant Hand and the figure beneath it from a mural, then noticed a wooden throne that Shan Ling watched with unease.
• Xiao Yan spotted a valuable six-mouthed cauldron, but a transparent barrier stopped him from approaching it.
• A powerful aura flashed from inside the cauldron, and Shan Ling asked Xiao Yan how confident he was against its creature.
• Xiao Yan admitted he could not use the secret power that had let him defeat the Blood Demon General, prompting Shan Ling to demand they leave.
• Xiao Yan refused to retreat because he wanted the Holy Flame and had promised to help Shan Ling with her father's letter.

Xiao Yan followed the Phantom Gold Demonic Python through the magma and discovered the Seven-Colored Healing Flame Flower, a treasure that could help Qing Yuan and Xiao Yan. He found it bound by seven chains of evil power, and the Golden Dragon King prepared to take control of the situation.

• The Golden Dragon King told Xiao Yan to follow the Phantom Gold Demonic Python into the magma, where Xiao Yan found a hidden, deathly silent world.
• Xiao Yan collected the Moon Crescent Jade Fruit and continued onward with the Golden Dragon King.
• The Golden Dragon King recognized a Seven-Colored Healing Flame Flower and explained its legendary healing power and the conditions required to subdue it.
• Xiao Yan entered the flower’s white radiance and discovered seven black chains binding its leaves.
• The Golden Dragon King offered to handle the chains by possessing Xiao Yan, and an ancient dragon’s aura rose from Xiao Yan’s body.

Xiao Yan arrived just in time for his top-six match against the Black-robed Man after breaking through to the two-star Dou Xian mid stage. He sensed a faint evil aura from his opponent, and the two entered the Arena Mountain Range to begin their fight.

• The spectators gathered as the top six prepared to compete for the top three, while Xiao Yan remained in seclusion and missed the opening.
• Liu Qing bet one million gold coins on Xiao Yan, and Duan Tianfeng began the draw despite Xiao Yan's absence.
• The draw paired Muge with Zhu Li, Zhou Mi with Xue Jing, and Xiao Yan with Heimu.
• Just before Duan Tianfeng could declare Xiao Yan's forfeit, Xiao Yan arrived using the Space Shuttle technique.
• Xiao Yan revealed he had advanced to the two-star Dou Xian mid stage and sensed an evil aura from the Black-robed Man.
• Xiao Yan and the Black-robed Man entered the Arena Mountain Range to begin their match.

Xiao Yan and Yue Ru crossed a poisonous lake to reach a crystalline plant, where Xiao Yan fought off a Phantom Gold Demonic Python while Yue Ru searched for the Moon Crescent Jade Fruit. A mysterious man stole the plant’s fruits, but Yue Ru revealed they were not the fruit they had come to find.

• Xiao Yan gave Yue Ru a medicinal pill and used his Heavenly Flames to protect them from deadly poison in the lake.
• A Phantom Gold Demonic Python attacked them, and Golden Dragon King explained that its powerful soul illusions had trapped other travelers.
• Xiao Yan drew the python away while Yue Ru swam toward the island, then he escaped onto the island as the beast refused to approach it.
• Yue Ru hesitated over the fruits on the crystalline plant because they did not match her father’s description of the Moon Crescent Jade Fruit.
• A mysterious pale man took all the fruits and vanished, but Yue Ru stopped Xiao Yan from attacking and said the stolen fruits were not Moon Crescent Jade Fruits.

After mastering the Holy Flame, Xiao Yan discovered that the Blood Demon Golden Qi in his chest was reacting to a hidden enemy. The Blood Demon Envoy’s Energy Clone attacked, and Xiao Yan’s opening strike was effortlessly blocked as the void collapsed around them.

• Xiao Yan finished mastering the Sacred Flame Space and the Holy Flame’s power, while Xin Yan kept the Blood Demon Golden Qi suppressed.
• As Xiao Yan prepared to leave, he noticed the Blood Demon Golden Qi struggling against Xin Yan’s seal and realized a stronger Outer Realm Evil Clan member was nearby.
• A Blood Demon Envoy’s Energy Clone emerged and surrounded Xiao Yan, Xin Yan, and Long Yi with golden Blood Demon Qi.
• Xiao Yan, Xin Yan, and Long Yi charged the clone, and Xiao Yan struck it with the first three layers of the Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler.
• The clone blocked Xiao Yan’s attack with one finger, declared that Xiao Yan would die, and caused the void beneath the desert to collapse.

Bing Tian and his allies trapped the Bloodthirsty Demonic Dragon Lizard with the Dragon Locking Pillars, but it unleashed its Bloodlust berserk form and prepared a Dragon Breath. Bing Tian devoured the Solomon disciples, including Bing Wu, to increase his strength and prepared to face the dragon himself.

• Bing Tian used the Dragon Locking Pillars to suppress and encircle the Bloodthirsty Demonic Dragon Lizard.
• Xiao Yan explained that the dragon was likely entering its berserk form, and the beast activated its Bloodlust talent, strengthening its defenses and attacks.
• The Bloodthirsty Demonic Dragon Lizard gathered energy for a Dragon Breath while Bing Tian and the others realized they could not break its protective barrier.
• Bing Tian ordered the Solomon disciples to perform a Blood Sacrifice, then transformed and devoured the fleeing disciples and Bing Wu.
• Bing Tian's strength rose to late Four-star Dou Di, and he declared that he could defeat the Bloodthirsty Demonic Dragon Lizard within one minute.

As the Sect Tournament ended, the super sects gathered at the forest’s Teleportation Array to leave, only to discover Xuan Wanjin had turned it into a trap. Xuan Wanjin activated the Blood Demon Array Diagram to devour everyone as Xiao Yan and the Blood Demon Envoy raced toward the forest.

• Jian Xin, Feng Lin, and the other super sect leaders headed for the Teleportation Array while the Five Poisons’ eldest senior sister chose to leave as well.
• Xuan Wanjin ordered the Xuan Ling Imperial Family’s disciples to assemble and revealed his plan to help the Blood Demon Envoy absorb the super sect disciples’ power.
• Jian Xin and Feng Lin struck the array’s barrier and realized it was not a Teleportation Array but a blood-red formation.
• Xuan Wanjin appeared, declared that everyone inside the Blood River Realm would perish, and revealed that he had modified the array.
• The super sect leaders considered joining forces to break the formation, then retreated when they judged it too powerful.
• Xuan Wanjin activated the Blood Demon Array Diagram, unleashing a powerful suction force as Xiao Yan and the Blood Demon Envoy approached.

Wang Zhong and Yao Mei described Purgatory Hall, Solomon, Puppet Mansion, Pill Valley, Heartless Palace, and Ten Thousand Sword Gate to Xiao Yan and the others. Xiao Yan learned of the Golden Dragon King's strong hostility toward Solomon and was left pondering its possible connection to people and events he had encountered.

• Wang Zhong explained that Purgatory Hall specialized in hunting the Outer Realm Evil Clan, and the Golden Dragon King urged Xiao Yan to learn its methods if he got the chance.
• Wang Zhong and Yao Mei described Solomon as an obscure sect that had risen to prominence, admitted anyone, and had a cruel reputation; the Golden Dragon King warned Xiao Yan to stay away from it.
• Wang Zhong explained that Puppet Mansion fought with powerful puppets, and Sun Ming said he had once fought one of its members to a draw.
• Wang Zhong described Pill Valley's many alchemists and Heartless Palace's women disciples, who had to sever their feelings to join.
• Wang Zhong named Ten Thousand Sword Gate the foremost of the Nine Great Super Sects, on par with the Xuan Ling Imperial Family.

Xiao Yan opened the ancient scroll with his blood and awakened an illusory expert who had waited tens of thousands of years to pass on an Array Master legacy. The Golden Dragon King explained the four auxiliary professions and the importance of Spiritual Power, and Xiao Yan asked the expert to teach him.

• Xiao Yan used a drop of blood to unravel the scroll, awakening a powerful illusory figure.
• The illusory figure said he had waited tens of thousands of years to pass on his legacy and judged Xiao Yan’s Spiritual Power barely sufficient.
• The figure identified himself as an Array Master, surprising Xiao Yan and the Golden Dragon King.
• The Golden Dragon King explained the four auxiliary professions: Alchemists, Poison Masters, Forgemasters, and Array Masters.
• The Golden Dragon King explained that Array Masters used Spiritual Power and Core Inscriptions to activate powerful spirit arrays, and that Soul Power and Spiritual Power were distinct but complementary.
• Xiao Yan respectfully asked the illusory figure to enlighten him.